A big part of my focus, returning to Curtin's campus in the last month and a half, has been trying to catch up on what other researchers here are doing. This has been a particularly good time for that, as there are a few interesting events happening for Curtin's 2015 research week. I'm honoured to … Continue reading Resettling at Curtin and exploring research
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Personal and Political: Centre for Human Rights Post Graduate Colloquium
This Saturday I was privileged to attend the CHRE postgraduate colloquium, where several students presented their work. One of the pleasures of being back in Perth is being able to connect with a research community again, drawing on the work other people are doing to extend and deepen my own. Baden Offord's opening comments about … Continue reading Personal and Political: Centre for Human Rights Post Graduate Colloquium
A fond farewell to the Ada Initiative
The Ada Initiative announced today that they'll be shutting down. I am, of course, sad to see them wind down, but I also recognise the value of making thoughtful decisions about the lifespan of organisations. I appreciate the care that has gone into making sure that the knowledge and experience embodied in TAI's work is … Continue reading A fond farewell to the Ada Initiative
Book review – Beyond Capitalism: Building Democratic Alternatives for Today and the Future
Jeff Shantz and Jose Brendan Macdonald (eds), Beyond Capitalism: Building Democratic Alternatives for Today and the Future (New York, NY, London, New Delhi and Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2013). [Note: I accidentally agreed to do this book review before realising the journal, Political Science, isn't open access. The text is below, and the citation is: Sky Croeser, … Continue reading Book review – Beyond Capitalism: Building Democratic Alternatives for Today and the Future
UDC2015 Circuits of Struggle Day 3: commoning, digital infrastructures and/for social movements, and white men taking up space
Social Reproduction and the Emerging Institutions of the Common opened with Fiona Jeffries' and Pablo Mendez' work on 'Domesticating the struggle! Commoning Care in the Global Encampment'. Jeffries, presenting, framed the encampment protest-form recently (re)popularised by Occupy and other Squares movements as a way of making the domestic visible. The encampment challenges the binaries of … Continue reading UDC2015 Circuits of Struggle Day 3: commoning, digital infrastructures and/for social movements, and white men taking up space
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